According to Foresight News, Vitalik Buterin said in Chiang Mai that despite strong progress in Ethereum’s scaling and infrastructure, the application layer has fallen behind its original goals. He argued that early ambitions around DAOs and decentralized coordination are being replaced by speculation, citing the 2025 memecoin boom and Donald Trump’s launch of multiple tokens, which he said undermined the economic credibility of the original TRUMP token. https://t.co/ql6vbfhypN ...

Coinbase Markets said it has added Infinex (INX) to its asset listing roadmap today. The launch of trading for this asset is contingent on market-making support and sufficient technical infrastructure, with the trading launch to be announced separately once these conditions are met. https://t.co/tDQlzH9Nrr ...

WuBlockchain has compiled statistics on 20 projects that may conduct TGE in 2026, including Polymarket, Tempo, Opensea, Backpack, Gensyn, Botanix, etc., covering sectors such as prediction markets, L1, L2, NFTs, wallets, AI, Perp DEX, and more. https://t.co/EuFzqxglYI ...

Vitalik Buterin said he earned about $70,000 on Polymarket last year by betting against irrational market behavior, a strategy he calls “anti-insanity mode,” which also highlights a deeper issue: current oracle data sources—such as Web2 media and Twitter—have extremely low security assumptions, often unaware that a single post can determine the ownership of millions of dollars on-chain. ...

Vitalik said his current sense of urgency comes from three concerns: preventing crypto from devolving into pure speculation, advancing Ethereum’s technology, and avoiding a future dominated by centralized AI. He warned that if crypto fails, centralized AI could control the tech landscape, making crypto a key defense for preserving openness and freedom. His main concern lies at the application layer—not technical failure, but the risk that thousands of apps are built without real social value, reducing decen ...

Vitalik Buterin said the top priorities are Decentralized Social (DeSoc) and smarter DAOs, but many at the application layer have strayed from these goals. The recent surge in memecoins reflects this shift—by early 2025, even Trump launched a memecoin, and when he later issued a second token, MELANIA, the original TRUMP token had effectively lost its relevance. ...

Fidelity Investments announced the launch of the FIDD stablecoin, based on Ethereum; the issuer is Fidelity Digital Assets; reserves consist of cash, cash equivalents, and short-term U.S. Treasuries, compliant with the GENIUS Act; supports 24/7 institutional settlement and on-chain retail payments; 1:1 USD redemption on Fidelity platforms; daily disclosure of issuance volume and reserves, with regular third-party audits. https://t.co/AVvDnJ90Fr ...

If crypto fails, the future tech landscape could be dominated by centralized AI, creating a highly dangerous outcome. Crypto is a critical defense against digital centralization, preserving diversity and freedom in technology.What truly concerns me is the application layer. Failure doesn’t mean networks going down or being hacked—it means building thousands of apps and realizing none have real social value. Having the most powerful decentralized technology and using it only to create toys or casinos would b ...

However, at the application level, many concerns are evident. Too many people seem to have forgotten these original intentions. The explosion of Memecoins in recent years is a prime example—in early 2025, even Trump personally launched a Memecoin. But I believe that when he greedily issued the second token MELANIA, his first coin TRUMP had already effectively died. ...

Current Oracle data sources (such as Web2 news sites or Twitter) have excessively low security standards. They never imagined that a single message they post could determine the ownership of $1 million on-chain. ...